Fremantle Shipping News is pleased to bring you The Wednesday Poem.
In this feature we post poems by Freo and Freo-connected poets and those who may not call themselves poets but love writing poetry or having a go!
Today, we are pleased to bring you Butcher Bird by Dick Alderson*.
Dick Alderson
*Dick Alderson‘s work has appeared in various journals including Westerly and Australian Poetry Journal, and in the Anthology of Western Australian Poetry, and Australian Poetry Anthology 2021-22. His first collection The Astronomer’s Wife, Sunline Press 2014 was commended in the Anne Elder Awards.
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